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English adjective: grandiloquent

1. grandiloquent lofty in style


SamplesHe engages in so much tall talk, one never really realizes what he is saying.


Synonymsmagniloquent, tall


Similarrhetorical


Antonymsunrhetorical

2. grandiloquent puffed up with vanity


SamplesA grandiloquent and boastful manner.
Overblown oratory.
A pompous speech.
Pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey.


Synonymsoverblown, pompous, pontifical, portentous


Similarpretentious


Antonymsunpretentious









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